Buyback yield (TTM)
0.09%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.09%
5Y share count change
35.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$310M
Cumulative buybacks
$10.6B
Key takeaways
- AMD (AMD) repurchased about $310M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 35.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.16× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +76.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 4% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for AMD (AMD)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for AMD (AMD)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for AMD (AMD)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for AMD (AMD)
Latest: $1.32B
Overview
The 2025 reading of AMD (AMD) buyback spend is $1.32B – declined 17.2% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, AMD buyback spend compounded at +76.0% per year, with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2022 and 2025, AMD buyback spend plunged 68.0%, falling from $4.11B to $1.32B.
$4.11B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2022, against a low of $0.00 during 1989.
AMD Buyback Spend 2025: $1.32B
2025's buyback spend for AMD came in at $1.32B, declined 17.2% below 2024.
AMD Buyback Spend 2024: $1.59B
AMD posted buyback spend of $1.59B in 2024, grew 12.6% from 2023.
AMD Buyback Spend 2023: $1.41B
In 2023, AMD reported buyback spend of $1.41B, plunged 65.6% below 2022.
AMD Buyback Spend 2022: $4.11B
AMD buyback spend in 2022 was $4.11B, surged 105.5% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
AMD Buyback Spend 2021: $2B
AMD buyback spend in 2021 was $2B.
See more financial history for AMD (AMD).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.32B | $1.64B | -$322M | 0.38% | 1.64B | -0.1% | |
| 2024 | $1.59B | $1.41B | $183M | 0.78% | 1.64B | +0.7% | |
| 2023 | $1.41B | $1.38B | $28M | 0.59% | 1.63B | +3.4% | |
| 2022 | $4.11B | $1.08B | $3.03B | 3.93% | 1.57B | +27.8% | |
| 2021 | $2B | $379M | $1.62B | 1.13% | 1.23B | +1.8% | |
| 2020 | $78M | $274M | -$196M | 0.07% | 1.21B | +7.8% | |
| 2019 | $6M | $197M | -$191M | 0.01% | 1.12B | +5.3% | |
| 2018 | $6M | $137M | -$131M | 0.03% | 1.06B | +2.4% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $97M | -$97M | — | 1.04B | +24.4% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $86M | -$86M | — | 835M | +6.6% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $63M | -$63M | — | 783M | +2.0% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $81M | -$81M | — | 768M | +1.9% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $91M | -$91M | — | 754M | +1.8% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $97M | -$97M | — | 741M | -0.1% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $90M | -$90M | — | 742M | +1.2% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $87M | -$87M | — | 733M | +8.1% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $75M | -$75M | — | 678M | +11.7% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $83M | -$83M | — | 607M | +8.8% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $77M | -$77M | — | 558M | +13.4% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $5M | -$5M | — | 492M | +11.6% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $5.19M | -$5.19M | — | 441M | +18.8% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $1.92M | -$1.92M | — | 371M | +7.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $1.92M | -$1.92M | — | 347M | +1.4% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $2.89M | -$2.89M | — | 342M | +2.9% | |
| 2001 | $77.2M | $0.00 | $77.2M | 1.45% | 332M | -5.0% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 350M | +18.8% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 295M | +2.5% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 287M | +2.3% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 281M | +3.5% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 271M | — | |
| 1995 | $3.54M | $0.00 | $3.54M | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.32B
- 2024$1.59B
- 2023$1.41B
- 2022$4.11B
- 2021$2B
- 2020$78M
- 2019$6M
- 2018$6M
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$77.2M
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$3.54M
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for AMD (AMD)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.16×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for AMD (AMD)
How AMD splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as AMD, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.7B | |
| $40.1B | |
| $22.3B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.7B
- $40.1B
- $22.3B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $8.4B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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